Saint Louis Missouri-1965: Religious Display With Marble Statues And Visitors

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Year1965
Decade1960s
LocationSaint Louis, Missouri, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1965 Saint Louis Missouri

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Religious Display With Marble Statues And Visitors — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1965, this vintage footage captures a religious outdoor display in Saint Louis, Missouri. The clip opens with a close-up of a white marble statue of Mary embracing a child against a purple backdrop, then pulls back to reveal a larger, intricate stone structure adorned with numerous religious statues and topped with a cross. Visitors walk among the detailed carvings under a bright sky, surrounded by lush green trees. The film shows natural grain, slight color fading, and vertical scratches characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era, evoking a strong sense of mid-century Americana and religious devotion.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125314366

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1026 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1965
Reel-level location note: saint louis
Date: 1965 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Saint Louis, Missouri, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s Saint Louis religious-site, devotional architecture, and visitor-shot Americana inserts in documentary, museum, education, or period montage work.
Period detail: The footage may show mid-1960s visitor clothing, 8mm color stock, and an outdoor religious display with stone grotto-like architecture, statues, trees, and open sky.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes the display from a casual visitor perspective, valuing the way people move through and look at the religious setting rather than a staged presentation.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include stone grotto structures, a cross-topped tower, religious statues, visitors on raised walkways, arched niches, trees, blue sky, and strong film-frame edges.
Film character: The clip has a handheld 8mm home-movie texture with soft focus, visible grain, color shift toward purple, uneven exposure, vertical scratches, and contact-sheet frame borders.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief establishing insert, devotional cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into themes of Catholic display, pilgrimage, or 1960s family travel.
Historical context: The scene documents public engagement with an outdoor Christian display in Saint Louis, with visitors moving among sculptural religious forms in a landscaped setting.
Research note: People are visible at a distance, and the religious subject may be sensitive; confirm copyright, location permissions, and any likeness or property concerns for the intended use.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1965 8mm Saint Louis religious display, Mary statue home movie, outdoor Christian grotto footage, and mid-century Missouri visitor footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1965 Saint Louis material, then related religious statuary, pilgrimage, church, or mid-century travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1965 Saint Louis 8mm frame showing an outdoor religious stone display with statues, trees, blue sky, and visible film borders. — A cross-topped stone religious structure appears above trees and sculptural figures.

1965 Saint Louis frame of a stone religious display with a cross-topped tower, sculptural figures, trees, and purple-blue sky. — The camera holds on the upper section of the religious display and surrounding trees.

1965 Saint Louis 8mm frame showing visitors near an outdoor religious display with stone forms, statues, trees, and visible film wear. — Visitors appear on and around the raised religious display under a bright sky.

1965 Saint Louis frame showing arched stone niches, religious statues, a lawn, trees, and distant visitors at an outdoor devotional display. — The view widens to show arched stone niches, sculptural figures, lawn, and visitors.

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